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Not sure what the guy being a Jew has to do with anything. Title should be Russel Crowe "threatened to kill an asshole with his bare hands."

Pay up, motherfucker!

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Mr Branko Lustig was a Holocaust survivor. Russell Crowe might had been wise to rethink his words.

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Being a Holocaust survivor doesn't mean you don't have to pay people for their work, and besides, Crowe's statement wasn't antisemitic.

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Totally PMX. There’s not even a suggestion of antisemitism in that encounter.

Russell may be a hot-head and a blowhard and maybe even a bit of an arsehole at times, but one thing I’m certain he’s not is a bigot.

Let’s not tar every antipodean tough guy with the Mel Gibson brush shall we? It’s lazy.

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I don't even think Mel Gibson is a bigot, who hasn't been drunk and talked shit. I'm not agreeing with what Mel Gibson said, but dude was plastered. Ive said some choice words about Allsorts of people whilst hammered, no one ever recorded it and played it for the world though.

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Not that I care but it wasn’t just when he was drunk, it’s a clear pattern of behaviour with Gibson. I like him as an actor but I’m not naive about his prejudice towards many groups of people, not just Jews.

Crowe is clearly a much more tolerant man.

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Fair Enough!

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What an incel thing to say, no joke

1. Arseholes are arseholes, regardless of race, gender, whatever the fuck (holocaust survivor in this case)
2. "Be wise to rethink his words", why because some losers on the internet said so, that talk to other losers, while they pontificate on some weird detached from reality moral positioning, that they then take to heart and think its legit.

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WTF does he being a Jew or Holocaust survivor have to do with the price of shit in China?

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What do you think the exchange rate was?

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3.50

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Hell, I'm paying more for my shit!

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Having worked for Jewish principals for years I must admit they have a financer persona. Nice guys but terrible when it comes to distribute the shekels. Its challenging and frustrating not being paid for your work. Russel was in his right to become angry.

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oy vey

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You make it sound like he's Mel Gibson. Sounds like he was still in character for his film. He lost his temper; has nothing to do with Lustig being Jewish.

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did not want to pay salaries to the gentile crew on the set of Gladiator

What is the word gentile doing in there?
is that some movie lingo for a certain cross section of the crew ?

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The article says:
"Crowe's exact words, according to the book, were "You motherfucker. I will kill you with my bare hands". He was apparently angry at Lustig's refusal to pay his assistants what the actor considered to be a fair daily wage."


Which is quite different from what you reported in your OP

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I think, if this is true, that Crowe was pissed at him for being a crook and a weasel, not because he was a Jew.

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